--- title: Abby Wambach Wants Fans to Forget Her in Latest Commercial description: Abby Wambach is set to play her final game on Wednesday night in New Orleans. canonical: https://time.com/4152509/abby-wambach-wants-fans-to-forget-her-commercial/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-16T22:23:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-21T07:15:01.070Z og:title: Abby Wambach Wants Fans to Forget Her in New Tearjerker Commercial og:description: "The day I’m forgotten is the day we will succeed" og:url: https://time.com/4152509/abby-wambach-wants-fans-to-forget-her-commercial/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Abby Wambach Wants Fans to Forget Her in New Tearjerker Commercial twitter:description: "The day I’m forgotten is the day we will succeed" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Abby Wambach's New Tearjerker Commercial > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 16, 2015 10:23 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Dec 16, 2015 10:23 PM UTC After leading the [U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team](http://time.com/4089383/president-obama-honors-uswnt-for-world-cup-win/) to a [World Cup championship](http://time.com/3946390/carli-lloyd-womens-world-cup-win/) earlier this year, Abby Wambach is set to play her final game on Wednesday night in New Orleans. The 35-year-old superstar has had an incredible career. Along with her World Cup victory, she also won two Olympic gold medals, became the world’s all-time leading goal scorer (man or woman), and was recognized as one of [TIME’s 100 in 2015](http://time.com/3823298/abby-wambach-2015-time-100/). But in a Gatorade commercial released on the same day that Wambach will take the field for the last time, her message to fans is: “forget me.” The spot features Wambach cleaning out her locker as she delivers a poignant voiceover during which she speaks about her hopes for the athletes that will come after her: “I want to leave a legacy where the ball keeps rolling forward, where the next generation accomplishes things so great that I am no longer remembered. 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